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_. _~ THE SAMPFORD GHOST. . 11- E KNAVERY FULLY EXPOSEb. ley tom t ! 4 'e el' the premises belonging to Mr. Tal was Place on the 1 th June last ; and, after it te edeti v er, which was not unt il t h e evening , h e pro• en , 't) Chaves,'and signified his wish to sleep. ltiiri rOO lll of the house that might be assigned tt) tind er good deal of opposition was made to this, tre etli the Pretenee that he would be sure, to' pass a Li s b . s°l fle night; but- Mr. -valley, persisting in pe r k - p lea, and o b serv i n g that L e had never e-X- Yea rs - ' ; ee the incoutenience during the two tailie which he occupied the house,. at .lest ' -l ' a ve's consent to. sleep in the room, in. Ir e ' all others, 'the krieckiegs were most ete, Mr. T. however,'-stipulated, that none a ed • le e servailts should reeetin its the premises, N ee 1413 - was also, With much relutiance, corn ' wit lit b ell , ten o'clock Mr. T. Went to the house ; and ' • cac hing h e the shop do e r, he observed a man lean te°,°9 the counter, and-Mrs. Chave, .On the ()Ivo in 'apparent earnest conversation with te al Mr. T. hatted a few moments on t his en tea', and distil-el l heai.d Mrs. te,lave say to the 44 ' 1 With W h om she was cenversing,'"' Now be r e , ) you come when e seed for you." The. man ite.ted (ihedience, and l'elired by t doer a w hi b eti was then entering. This matt's, name. was coch,.(ii most alarming: personage cur the Ghost !) A i r , who lives at Sainpford, tit ad.imcing to zlri. Chave, mid her, ti —fie to tak e ~essession s room ; and she p ee re d him, that, in Compliance with her engage, 11 ;tit, all the servants were sent away, and that Lr ()1* "()old remain in the house, except herselt,i Yee:'33ta.ind, and an apprenti, e lad about fourteen ° 1 age. ),ir. T. then said, as he knew , his e'er ' weasel go up stairs at once. He ac -1"0Y proceeded to the anti-chamber which / Or Lhwity occupies, and which communicates A. . se,. a ) or i n a thin deal partition, to the adjoin- Il l ' e ',2"rn wherein Sally sleeps. It is this room that e "host seteeted for the principal scene of his a garie s. Ce i t tr 1 , Mr. T.'s arriving at the aforesaid anti-cham -0,1 ', he was muc h surprises! to observe a man sitting %. 4 I ne bed-side, half concealed by. the curtain. Ad terieit;g towards him, and drawing back the cur co „ lie found him to be the identical Dodge, the 14°Iler, who appeared to leave the premises when ti e ' T alley entered. This fellow contrived to get r st airs by o ne o f th e three entrances which lead e \ii r iaei' other p ar t s o f the premises to the room in he then was. . The fact of - there being these e i ra) entrances, has .always been studiously eon - by Chase from the numberless visitors v, ho ee ie be endiawn by curiosity from all parts of the uu 'ry to at ten d the Ghostly Leaures. 1,, U11 recognising Dodge (fur Mr. Talky could not 4 'i 3 teke ti in hen, having known, hint for year.) r e ex claimed, " Why, cooper !. how-came you :p He He replied, that lie tame to sleep with the cl e , rre "tice boy, who having seen an old Woman hfre.'nd through the ceiling a *few 'night aeo, was 10 41 d to sleep alone. Mr. Talley then begged him ote u e "ress . Ilieiself, and get iteo bed ; welch the -1 saying, he would rather lie down e te4 clothes oil. Me Talley then took the jt\L u ,tion hl e all I I,e t , O Is,. and taking the itl him; went into tt:e tied prepared tor him el ei ' g dY's room ilavi-g kept awake some hours, it tat G.i st 11 .1 so cempiakant to him as tk , : n 3l charge dejfaires, the - 7 —, ee -eent to Of " PtiteCtly utitnul.sted ei.her by slaps er sourilds dile w e description. tel l hen Mr, Talley drew balk the curtain the pre 4te'lg 'tight;eiecote,ine lludge, he obsvivcd. k -n s' Aht.• et all a roop-stiek, witch he innuediaiety berate'; Was to become the instils Meet of the sounds. e Produced underneath saey; ruotn. )t eht " St-littieg his virtue ut in the morning, NIr.T. alto th e chaei.ber v< here Dodge was '‘ bo tti t ''""t• quit his room until Mr. T. rose to let .'aim l er tif n it, h e h av i ng taise the y), and on looking 'de I l k " mop -sack, found it . had teen ieinoved into k i l e ). `" Part of -the room. Our. rea.teie must pay to this and to .he ensuing points of this it 4 o r i l ive, as the knavery must now rapidly untold te l Ing up the mop-stick; Mr.T.slid to Dodge— fliat u k w tame this stick here The °aid answereJ, supposed it was always there, and knew no tres-„14,e about it. " That," m i lled Mr. " int its;'''es for this is the third situation in whicti 1 Ba t e le"tt this stick since i catne to these premises tl evenin g . 'saw it standing by the pump-trough the ill Court when I first entered. I saw it a second time' Lit night, behind the curtain where you was te e n g; and now, for the third time, I find it removed 14 4 el ;"°ther . p art o f t hi s c h am b e r. You must certainly t Wd -De or intended to have used it, had I not feli e ', ent ecl - you by loc./king the doors last eight." The th e made made no reply—and Mr. T. on examining te ll en d of the stick, fouhd it battered into small 4; 4 ters, an d eovere d w i t h . whitew ash. " Now, 14 r• T. " I think I can play the - Ghost with Person in the house." And having left the c klsSe',4 S r .) he returned some time alter, and begging ;L e - Cleave to go into the pantry with him, said, it vip e ,:j' e ' a s ignorant how the roguery was managed he eae"s'lexplain it. They accordingly went into the e e ' t ' l trY, where Mr. T. found the ceiling in a state of le a Siderable rnutilation trout the ghostly thumps it th e re ceived. Mr. T. then sliewed, by striking.on ; to e batt ere d wa ll s , a nd OR the joists of the flour, 4 i. t he sounds were produced. et tel ` cite; very time that Mr. ".1". was underneath, a ining the roguery, as we have just mentioned, le e " himself wet in Sally's room, exhibiting to a r ett " i who r es id es at S ani p toi d, narnedKarslake (tor lii y , a Serjeant in the South Devon Militia) the te i e W her e t h e k noc ki n g; wer e c hi e fly h e ard. At etiLi' l ace, two planks tit the-fluor had been remov h.st'bd Whet) Mr. T. who was underneath, was '. l - „,' ° "'ing his .explanatory thumps on the ceiling, tee l d l e , , who did nut know that ell one was below, e ed Serjeant that ;he Ghost was come again, 4 - ( hat that was the exact spot where it was t' fly heard. • s e 6e 'Jeant 4arslake instantly seized the inchanted tlt (whit] at once, .u•rtlt tig, tike ferocity, - flew Coltuu's bead, arid which, fur one reason, it is surprising* made ne impression on) and ex claiming—" By G---d, I'll find thee now."—plung ed the sword through the ceiling. Mr. T. vocifer ated his name, and went instantly up stairs to give & the necesqy elucidation of the Mystery. The Ser jeant then went .below with Mr. T. who. explained how and , where-the blows were given; and she'wed him hOw.exactly - the end of the mop-slick corres ponded with th rs nailcs it had made in the ceiling. Un examining a narrow chimney, .a stout willow - bludgeijii was' found, forked at one end for the cofl venience of holding perpendicUlarly, which, like the mop-stick talisman, was likewise jagged and beaten at the extremity, and was al , o covered with plaister and white-wash. The Serjeant placed the stick under his feet, and, by a violent effort, broke it. saying,.hewas determined that no more knavery should be pratlised with that instrumetit.-r. (Taunton Cagier.) . • Andrew, MU/ar, who lately broke out of• Annan gaol, and for whose apprehettsion.an a lvertisernritt has appeared; ()tiering a rewind .oiloo guineas, went to Carlisle on - the, night of - his'escape, in com pany w►th bis brother. They slept at the sign of •Maltster, in Rickergate, set off next- • mornitig 'in the coach to Liverpool, where thry e►nbarled for America. They had a large quantity of call with them, and have dc-frauded th=ir creditorS" to a very large' amount.. They uere extensive cattle dealers. " 'WedheSilay a Gentleman, within a short di:stance of Worcester, killed a hare and' a brace of partrjt4eg at one 5h04.1. The hare as the Of his' tire, and the,hirds happening to be. at a short distance On the ground, in a strait direation, .will accAint for this ex •traordinary oectirtenc:-, v.hicit may be reli,d on as a fact.—(llorcester Herald ) The Partridge shoolii)g at Holkham, in Norfolk, this season, has tar exceeded in fine sport any year that preceded it. Mr. Coke killed born his, own gun, the three first days,' 84 btace of birds, 42 hares; and 56 rabbits. His 'party consisting of five, though their double b:trrels were not equally destruetive, added greatly to the 'general slaughter. A sale of part of Mr. townie's Merino Sheep took place at 'Bishopton . (Scotland) on Tuesday.- Twenty - eight Rams, and. one hunched Ewes were sold. The sale, was brisk, and numerously attend ed. Among the purchasers were Earl ot Eglinton, one Paular Rain, at 221. 2S. Lord Hyadford, one Pau.ar Rain, at 211. los. 6d. Ditto, one Paular Ram, at 221. Is. Lord Blantyre, on l'aular Rain, at t5l. 4s. 6d. Mr. Stirling, of Drumpellier, one Pautar Ram, at 271. 6s. The Duke of Hamilton, one•Paulat Ram, at 151..45. bd. Ditto, one Paular Ewe, at 181. 75. 6d. • Ditto, one Paula/ Ewe, at . 461. 16$. Lord Hy milord, one Paular Ewe, at 181. 17;.•64. • Ditto, one Paular Ewe, at t5l. 4s. 6d. - The Earl of Eglinton, one Paular Ewe, at 141. In. • Ditto, one l'aular Ewe, at 131, 13s. Ditto, ode Paular Ewe, at lA. 12s. Ditto, one l'aular Ewe, at 111. xis. ' Ditto, one Paular Ewe, at 11.1. I is. • Ditto, one Paular Ewe, at tot. los. Ditto ' one Paular Ewe, at ILI, I is. • Lord Blantyre, one Paulin* Ewe, at 131 4 13s. Ditto, one Paular,Ewe, at I'3l. 135. . • • • Ditto, one Paular Ewe, at ttl, os. 6d. Lord Montgornerie, one Paular Ewe, at 151. Iss. • Ditto, one Paular Ewe, at 141. 3s. 6d. Ditto, one Paular Ewe, at t4l. 3s. 6d. The Hon. Mr. Burrell, one Paular Ewe, at 141. 35. 6d. Ditto, one Paular Ewe, at 131. 13s. Ditto, one Paular Ewe, -at 121 - . 'is 6d. ' Ditto, one Paular Ewe, at 12i. Is. 6d. Mr. M'Kenzie," Dumbarton, one Paula, - Ewe,-at t6s. -. 556(1. Mr.. Erskine, ot Mar, Pattlar E We, at 131. 25, 6.1. Mr. Warner, of deer, one Paular Ewe, at 13!. 135. Mr Loords, or Arthutlie, one PaUlal Ewe, at tit. - . 135. Mr. 1311‘1101 ut Petiiat Lwoot ic4l. les. - Dr. Louper, Ugas,;ow,tte. P alai Ewe, at 141. 35: 6d. dee- , Gener l Sir C FART LIS jilSt vtiportt., l 12,000 'll/I , •rtHo *lwo LeL•iid ; but, the specn is not iikc ly to prove veil. iiro:"&ti‘e,' as . 500. of them died at• Cork ,-;sooti afiel their landing, and iirarly. as ,inimy more ...ere in. so iov.didett - sole as not to be expected long to survive them. • . Late on Tuesday- night, or early .on Wednesday morning tile White Hat Cpub ic-honse; Charles-streer, Bermondsey, ‘visbrketi open, and the bir Steipped of china, glas , s and-hq.nor-vessuk, to the valueof 201. and up'vards. The robbers. also took away a tea-chest, in which were half a dozen tea-spoons, two table-Toons, and - near 201. in dotes aid cash. The villains obtained entrance by rbt clog up the cel lar door, which extends inio WC! street. It is spate what singular that Mt s, BroaWN, the mistress o f th e rouse, was up during:the whole of the night with a sick infant, yet heard nothing" Of the robbers. On Friday last a young girl, ten years of age,' go ing into a large garden to buy applei, in the County of Down, unfortunately . trod upon an iron so a k q , which had been set by the gardener to prevent de predations. • She was transfixed to the spot, and before assistance arrived, hart lost a vast . quantity of blood. No Surgeon being near the place, some women,... who came to the girl's aid, were obliged to cut the snake.ouf of her foot with d'razor. Her life is considered in•danger,. froni the great loss of blood. HYDIWITOBIA.—A striking example 'has •been: recently furnished of the efficacy of the cautery' in cases of the I.)tes of tu4l. animals ; and at the same time an example of the daiger of she itisignifi . : cant remedies %%Mich a false pity' too often substi tutes for that . process. Of two' persona bit almOst at the same instant by a mad cat, one being cauter ized itntnediately attcr the wound, did nut sutler the least incunvenience; the other to whom they contented .themsetves with applying, a blister, died of the hydrophobia at . Charenton. This ex ample is the more strikiog, as the individual who fell 'a Odin) was a child aged only thirteen years, upon whose complai:it- the imagination could not have had any influancel...- and ale• person whu has been saved from the,hydrophobia, Is a woman of mature age, ”10rn.. - lier neighbours and friends have not spared from any one ot. the fears and inquietudes which her accident was calculated to excite, riot disguising from her the sad. end of her companion in misfGrtunes with which she was !mule acquaint ed in all its details. It cannot be too often repealed that the cautery is the certain means fur preventing hydrophobia; the only means whose efficacy ex , - perience has proved; .and that all the others are doubtful, iusigniticaut, and dangerous besides, in. ofnuch as they prevent recourse b.ii.g . had - tO the cautery. IMPERIAL ACROSTIC. BUONAPARTE I() FRANCIS 11. liNapoteon -Augu4t us, .Prin-ocf,t),, Ortito,dnxus, .Legum Ecciestm, Orbisque N e Utator, i;tione . Abjeetis, Gravitate Noletitibus Uti Statuimus. Prater Romano Abdicato Notinne, Cx• ireum eriurn Simititer Cedere Obtemp , rash ; Sic Erg 7 , C; , iniubio Uniendi Natam Dominatori Orhis, Supe , otam Ant plectere Legern ; •Ut Tuam Existential') 'Muni:lg, Dominationem Integritatem Conserves, Insidisq Trititophes Thalarno Pacetn Austtiis Contirma bitnus Et MOderabimur. • , The initial letters of the several words that 'com pose this epistle, express in their order its tale and *alit - Lis in Latin as follows: Napoleon Magnui FranciSco Second() Salutem cit et Pacem ; i. e. Napoletin, the. Great wishes health and peace to Francis the Second. TRANSLATION. We, Napoleon Augustus, eldest son of the Church,' and Renovatorot the Civil and Ecclesiasti cal Systern'througbout tae Globe, have determined. , to use lenity towards those that subunit, tau the greatest seytsrity against those that oppose us. Bro ther, you have abdicated ,the title of-King of the • Itomans'; you have, In Ike manner, resigned the Empire-ot the Cm ars, and you must now farther submit to our sot ereign pleasure, by giving :your daughter in marriage to the subjugator of tiieuni vetse, that you may preserve your political exisr ence',. and the integrity of your States, and triontpti over ali that hate or envy ) oii. By this union we shall confirm and preserve the peace of Auskria. Yegterday being St. Matthew's Day,accorditeg.-to annual cu•toin, the'LonD MAYOR, accompanied by the Sheriffs and the rest of the CitY,OfliCers, attend ed Divine Service at Christ Church, Newgate-street, where a Sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Mootta.' Aner service, the LORD MAYOR, &c. to gether with the Treasurer and, several of the Gover nors Of Christ's Hospital, proceeded to the Great Hall, to hear the Annual Orations delivered by the two Senior Scholars ; the first in Latin, by Wm. OWEN, and the latttr in English, by RICHARD NEWT O N ADAMS, both of • which deservedly drew down the reiterated plaudits of the most numerous and genteel auditory that we have witnessed in that place for many years. The Lord Mayor, G;vernors, &..e. afterwards partook of a sumptuous • entertain ment at the Hospital. LYCEUM.—The Comedy of The Soldier'q Daugh: er was performed last eight at this Theatre, before, a very numerous audience, and was very much ap plauded.—DnwToN and Mrs. Evl.vrbr were the chief props of the piece. Mr. STAPLETON, trom the Hay market Theatre, performed the part of Capt. Wood ley. JOHNSTONE . made his first appearance for the season in the Farce of Honest. Thieves, and expe rienced the most fla'tering reception, • . Mr. HARRIS, the chief proprietor of Covent• Ga rden Theatre, who has been for some time very much indispose.l, is so Mild) recovered that he tas able, a few days : , go to make his first visit to that Theatre, - which nas been such a source of aiixiety though 'ao honourable to ; the taste of the coutr , ry, and so,worthy. of its protection. He is now .“ Brighton, and continues to improve in it ...• L>► COCH RAN E and his brother have b- en at Ba k) s, .lu.; on ►he 3d nit. set out , tor Lisbon. (VRotl A CottnESPoNDEt::T.)—Surne interesting, parti• ulars have lately beeu discoveredrelative to the • scape of Roberts fiorn the Rothe. of tiot.i.— (in whilst the. rubbish near the wall Was-beieg • carted fieim that prison by Mag., weeds, of Islington, two lads, tiot prisoners, in the presence of the carters, observed .sotnething just above .the Surface of the rubbish, and which, as they appeared iikd . a ring, but, on being taken . up, pro,ed to be a key, very dissimilar in shape to what fs used by the turnkeys in the4;alson, being i,n the nature of a skeleton key, but upon being tried in ' the locks opt the doors through which Roberts es caped, was found to Unlock every door which had been unlocked by Roberts. and his colleague. It has been pretty well , ascertained, that an impression of one of the keys used in the prison by the turn-. key* was taken, and sent out upon soap, and that the key itself was conveyed into the prison on the Sunday previous to his escape, .which was on the Monday concealed in a pye, sent into another pri soner. Some further particulars relative to his es cape wilt in a short .time be made known to the public. It should be mentioned that Harper, the other prisoner, .had broke his way through his cell. The gold mine of .Wicklowi in Ireland, has be come so. productive since it has been thrown open to public research, th it the peasantry have aequired considerable, quantities, within the list six months, A boy, the son of a carman, belonging to the Rev. J. Sytnes; of Bally Arthur, told his father, that be dreamt of finding a lump of geld in a particular spot of the, mountain, and begged that he might go, in search of it=; this he did, and adually found a piece weighing 2tl otacets, which is now in: the custody of his master.—Government, after. so much expellee in their researches, discovered so little of this pre-. dons metal, that it did not pay the expenses; 110,k ever, since the late successes.which have thus at tended individual industry, ',lathery guards have been Placed at the principal passes of the mountain, to prevent 'the mine from beiug.any longer worked as public property ,! • A Leghorn Paper says :--r" Sieur PASCAL CtoFF3, painter, architect, and geometrician, resident. in this city, .coticeives he has discovered the famous pro blem of the, squaring of the circle, and proposes to demonstrate it in an assembly of the mathematicians. I-Id has invited all the professors of physics and ma thematics to be present at his demonstration, and to pronounce their judgment upon it." The various exhibitions ot Drawings which have been made of late years have done hotiour to the artists engaged in them, and credit to the country ; but it will readily be acknowledged, that the most. valuable Drawings . have beet' pardth;ed by the children of Christ's Hospital, who will once more, on' the !gib of next month, draw the tickets of the State Lottery, and by that means distribute among the public; Five Prizes of Twenty Thousana Pounds, and others amounting to Two Hundred Thousand Pounds. DUBLIN, SET. 17. The Midstifniner Quarter Sessions Grlnd Jory of the city of Dublin have passed - the follua ing Reso lutions : " Resolve:l, That nothing. can mn this c , ',:•ntry prosper bus, and the pe , p!e:ll-ranks happy, bar int' hutieseresi dent Parliament. that can inquire into ami relieve wants; and we call upon mar present faithful Represen: , ,ci. th e (tight Hon. Henry Grattan and Robert Shaw. E:sl to be un. wearied in their endeavours to have its-Legislature rcstored to the ill.fated country." A Deputation from the Grand Jury haVing'waited cin Mr.•.Grattan and.rdr. S!aw, thill . prcsentativet for the .City of Dahlin, Wit b the Ad:ht!ss,qhese Gen tlemen returned the following an s wers " (BEN ri..EmzN, • Sept. 16, :Sta. "It must beever interested in what alfeas kilow•citi. without going minutely into the causes of their coin, plaints, I beg to assure ttatin, mat I was an tnemy to the ex tinguishment of the Irish Parliament, and mut,t t.e a friend to its restoration. l'have the honour to he, your most taiihiul humble servant, ":HENRY'GRATTAN." " Merrion-sOare, Sept, 15, ato. " G ENTLEMEN,--I had thelionour recetvalle, the Reser tions of the Quarter Sessions G•and Jury, for the ..:otintyil , f the of Dublin ---1 shall have lunch grettic..tio n i n Obey; ing the wishes of illy Con•Aitueuts on the stibj v zi ; a nd have. the honour to•bz, Gentl emen , y our most °batten! and ohii%W. humble setvant, - _ :~ ROBERT SLIMY." Penalty ort.Officffs'and-- Soldiers destr6yiny:Gan c Without leave Any Officer %%hp ,wilhout leave 61 the Lord of'the Maitor, under. his I,rand , ,and filsthad and Otaitted, .or destroy any Hare, Coney,' PatTri4e, Pigeon, or soy other sort of fowls,. poultry, L T fish; or' hii Majekty's gnne, within .the•Vini4d King& to of. Great Britain and Ireland; and upon complaint tkereiif being made upon oath -by one or more itreditahl.. witnesses, befOre any Justice ofd'Peace, every officer so off2nd-' ing shall for every-such offence forfeit the sum of 51. to be distributed among the poor of the place where such offence shall be committed s and every Officer •cornthanding upon the place, for evrrysuch offece comenitted by any soldier wider his. command, hal forteit the sum of 20i. to be distributed in like roan• ner afOreSaid, and if upon conviction such Other shall refu•ie or neglect, and not, within two days, pay •the 'said respective penalties, such 9tliCer so IQ fusing shall forfeit his Commission A pickpocket named Joiin' Harvey alias Blackwell Jack, alias the Fighting Coachman, was exionined at Bow-street ()dice yesterday morning, and thts . prosecutor not appearing, he was ordered to be sent on board the tender. He, However, positively reu • fused to be taken, or to quit th e b a r, and kept silt or seven men oft at arm's length. Clark and Jim Townsend closed in upon him, nut he broke. then. shins in such a shocki:,:g manner, brvioleut that they were obligi-•d'to give in. At length hts . was secured .by a number of the astrole tailing upon him at once • but they were oblig e d to. cai ry ! inn out of the Office to the Brown Bear pubitc-houe, . where they managed to hataidAllnin and pinion his elbows with ropes. Finding iiiin.elt conquered, and that he should be conveyed to.the.tender, he had recourse to the desperate expelient of disabling himself, by putting his right teire fm,:er into 4i 4 mouth, and actually gnawing the flesh to - the bone; and, hand a4ainst his-cliin, lie e tp. • deavoured to break the fist joint off, but could tint accomplish it; he afterwaids tried to break the joint by pressing it with the other hand tOni the table. He refused to desist from this lion id conduct.. ' On Monday last an inquest was held at Cancer..., bury, by THoNI,.;S HAMNONI), Esq. on 'the body of William Campbell, of the .23d Light Dragoons,. who died suddenly in the . Military H ,spi.al on Sunday bight. The decea.ed was of a 'fan - illy of 'great re spealabilitr, and a coinmis 7 ioned officer in the navy; but r iii an imprudent manner, had enlisted , into tne 23d Light Dragoons, from which regimenl . he ab sconded soon after in a state of intoxication. - He was the same day taken at. Boughton ; teas the next morning (Sunday) tried, and immediately punis . i , ed with 400 lashes, The . severity of vvliich very Much affeaed his mind ; he had, however ; • almost reco vered from the effeiSls of his punishment, when his death suddenly happened. Under circutustatic( - s so suspicious and liable to misrepresentation, it was deemed necessary to sumfoon a Jury, to : aseeriain the cause of his death. After a view of the body, they proceeded to examine the Staff Surgeon, who had attended the - deceased; and lie deposed, that he Was certain the punishment was not the cause of his. death. Upon being questioned as to the probable cause of the man's death, ho could' not take upon himself to decide, as he 'had not opened the body. The Jury wishing for further information, adjourned to the next day,-and requested Mr. pucker, Surgeon, of Canterbury, to attend-with the Military Surgeon,. and open the body ; which they - did, and found 014 stomach and bowels in a verfet'l state; but, upon examining , the head, they found the blood coacu- , fated on the brain, • and had not the least doubt but that his death. was occasioned by an apoptettid The Jury, fully satisfied with this opiniou, deli% eitsi a verdict--Died Gy the Visitation of God. THE HYDROSTAT.—On the .27th of last month an experiment n wai made on the Seine; at Paris, with a machine called a hydrostat, i n. presence of. two CommiSsioners' appointed by the Government, and a great concourse of spt.etators; • who Ix ere highly'gratified by the . exhibition. ' The "'result of the experiment proveS, that-a diver - shut up- in the machine can remain under water at pleasure, anti with the help of pincers, can pick up things at tiro bottom of the waer.. The hydrostat is a machine, made of copper,' in tNe shape of a deep' basket, into which a . map intro duced ; it is' then hermetically closedby a cot er in the shape of u cap or helmet, which fielis the upper extremity ; in the front and hark parrs . `Of the top, two pieces of glass are' fixed for tike admission or light ; in the middle the tubes are fixed, ou tor the introduction of ax, another for the expulsion it, and the third is used as a port voix for the inter change of speech. The articulations of the angles or flexures of this hydrostat are perfeely manage able, and the hands of the diver are covered with leather, r in the form-of glciVeS.- . • COAL MARKET, Sspr. 21. Ships at Market. Ships sold. Price. 4 } Newcastle . . . r . 565. 6d, to —s. a Stone Coal • . . o . —s. od. to ‘;' 41